Dudhiya Choti / Creeping Blepharis
Blepharis maderaspatensis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Dudhiya Choti
Identify Dudhiya Choti by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Acanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dudhiya Choti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Blepharis maderaspatensis
- Genus
- Blepharis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dudhiya Choti itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dudhiya Choti itself; the rest are typical of the Acanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- दूधिया चोटी dudhiya choti, उटंगन utangan
- Tamil
- பிலிஃபாரிசு மதராசுபாடென்சிசு
- Kannada
- ಕೂಡಲಿಸೊಪ್ಪು koodali soppu
- Malayalam
- എലുമ്പൊട്ടി elumbotti, ഹേമകണ്ഠി hemakanthi, മുറികൂട്ടിപ്പച്ച murikootipacha, മുറികൂട്ടിപ്പച്ച
- Marathi
- मद्राशी काटे माका madrashi kate maka
About Dudhiya Choti
Creeping Blepharis (Blepharis maderaspatensis) belongs to the Acanthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and 13 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Acanthaceae
Acanthus family
Dudhiya Choti belongs to the Acanthaceae family.
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